Amadou
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-mah-DOO
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Amadou is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “most praised”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Amadou mean?
Arabic: West African form of Ahmad, with French spelling
“most praised”
Amadou Bamba founded the Mouride Sufi brotherhood in Senegal in the late 19th century.
Is Amadou a girl's or a boy's name?
Amadou is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amadou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Amadou, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amadou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Amadou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Amadou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Amadou, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Amadou in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amadou in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Names like Amadou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Ahmed, Mustafa, Hamza, Ibrahim, Zayd, Musa, Abdulrahman, Azaan, Umar, Huzaifa
Names related to Amadou
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amadou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amadou, updated 20 October 2026.